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← Having many children as a strategy against old-age poverty creates negative societal spillovers.

17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 30 May 2013 to 26 Aug 2026.

Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under family family Everything filed under immigration immigration Everything filed under Japan Japan Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Having many children as a strategy against old-age poverty creates negative societal spillovers. Having many children as a strategy againstold-age poverty creates negative societalspillovers. Last stated 8 years ago 13 Oct 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-10-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The harm done by low fertility is that people end up with fewer children than they wanted, not that a society runs short of workers. — tap to centre the map on it The harm done by low fertility isthat people end up with fewerchildren than they wanted, not thata society runs short of workers. Last stated 12 months ago 14 Oct 2025 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2025-10-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Having children is not a niche or selfish lifestyle choice, and people without children shouldn't bear the costs of a structure that fails everyone. — tap to centre the map on it Having children is not a niche orselfish lifestyle choice, and peoplewithout children shouldn't bear thecosts of a structure that failseveryone. Last stated 6 months ago 6 Apr 2026 MA Mari Andrew — holds since 2026-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Something is broken in how people pair up in the West, and that shortage of couples and marriages, not money, is why there are too few children. — tap to centre the map on it Something is broken in how peoplepair up in the West, and thatshortage of couples and marriages,not money, is why there are too fewchildren. Last stated 12 months ago 14 Oct 2025 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2024-11-01 — tap for who they are DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2025-10-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Governments should pay a lot for children and let the people who respond reveal which cultural compromises are acceptable, rather than deciding in advance which value to give up. — tap to centre the map on it Governments should pay a lot forchildren and let the people whorespond reveal which culturalcompromises are acceptable, ratherthan deciding in advance which valueto give up. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Oct 2023 RH Robin Hanson — holds since 2023-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: People who cannot overcome the tendency to discount the future risk ending up elderly and poor. — tap to centre the map on it People who cannot overcome thetendency to discount the future riskending up elderly and poor. Last stated 8 years ago 13 Oct 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-10-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The difficulty of raising more children increases gradually enough that parents adapt to it without noticing. — tap to centre the map on it The difficulty of raising morechildren increases gradually enoughthat parents adapt to it withoutnoticing. Last stated a year ago 18 Sept 2025 NE Nat Eliason — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Overabundance paralyses motivation and willpower, which is why his wealth will be split among more than a hundred heirs and only reach them as adults. — tap to centre the map on it Overabundance paralyses motivationand willpower, which is why hiswealth will be split among more thana hundred heirs and only reach themas adults. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 PD Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Richer countries have fewer children than poor ones, but within a country a boom raises births and a bust lowers them. — tap to centre the map on it Richer countries have fewer childrenthan poor ones, but within a countrya boom raises births and a bustlowers them. Last stated 12 months ago 14 Oct 2025 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2025-10-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career path becomes popular when it offers clear, prescribed rules that can simply be decoded and followed. — tap to centre the map on it A career path becomes popular whenit offers clear, prescribed rulesthat can simply be decoded andfollowed. Last stated 6 months ago 28 Mar 2026 PM Paul Millerd — holds since 2026-03-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A clear path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants is compatible with enforcing the law — tap to centre the map on it A clear path to citizenship forundocumented immigrants iscompatible with enforcing the law Last stated 13 years ago 30 May 2013 OW Oprah Winfrey — holds since 2013-05-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country benefits from immigration in proportion to whether the people arriving are net contributors who assimilate. — tap to centre the map on it A country benefits from immigrationin proportion to whether the peoplearriving are net contributors whoassimilate. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A primitive science of insect control has armed itself with modern weapons and turned them against the earth — tap to centre the map on it A primitive science of insectcontrol has armed itself with modernweapons and turned them against theearth RC Rachel Carson — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Amazon is a relatively environmentally clean company on a per-dollar basis because of its operational efficiency. — tap to centre the map on it Amazon is a relativelyenvironmentally clean company on aper-dollar basis because of itsoperational efficiency. Last stated a year ago 7 Oct 2025 MM Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country is primarily for its native people — tap to centre the map on it A country is primarily for itsnative people Last stated a year ago 15 Sept 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government taking a stake in its chipmaker is ordinary infrastructure policy — Taiwan, Japan and Singapore all did it. — tap to centre the map on it A government taking a stake in itschipmaker is ordinary infrastructurepolicy — Taiwan, Japan and Singaporeall did it. Last stated 4 months ago 18 Jun 2026 LT Lip-Bu Tan — holds since 2026-06-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid. — tap to centre the map on it American shipyards are unproductiverather than expensive: their workersare paid about what Korean andJapanese shipyard workers are paid. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Jan 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-01-03 — tap for who they are
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